9 May 2016

Liverpool have been involved in some shock results this year, with defeats to Watford, Crystal Palace, and Southampton (after losing a 2-goal lead) at the top of the list. Leicester City winning the Premier League is the ultimate shock of the season, but according to ex-Reds Jamie Redknapp, Swansea City pulled off one of the season's biggest upsets over the weekend.

"With no Sigurdsson or Williams in the starting line-up at West Ham, I could see nothing but a home win, but their 4-1 win has to be one of the shocks of the season".

The result is even more impressive considering:

* Swansea are safe for another year, and have nothing to play for anymore.

* Speculation and uncertaintly about the manager's future continues to intensify.

* West Ham fielded a very strong team, including the likes of Payet, Lanzini, Antonio, Kouyate, Cresswell, Noble etc.

Swansea's victory puts Liverpool's recent 3-1 defeat at the Liberty Stadium into a little more perspective, and it's clear that the Swans are fighting for their manager.

For me, Liverpool's 4-3 victory over Borussia Dortmund is one of the shock results of the season. At 2-0 down on the night (3-1 aggregate) Liverpool needed to score three goals to win, and given BVB's quality, it seemed like an impossible task.

After pulling it back to 2-1 (3-2 aggregate) Dortmund scored again through Marco Reus, which meant the Reds still needed three goals to win. Somehow, the team contrived to achieve the (seemingly) impossible, and ran out 4-3 winners.